BB-Gun

There is something about early Fox comics that makes them seem rare and unusual. I have a few which are tucked away with my Chesler comics. They just disappear into collections.

How many issues of Lone Ranger were published? I have some of the Fran Striker novels but haven't seen the pulps. I like it. Eight issues of the Lone Ranger were published. I'd love to see some of the Fran Striker novels you have. I don't know which are originals or reprints but I liked the dust covers. They have a few illustrations by Laune and Kuhlfhoff inside.

I like the variety of titles you've picked up. Thanks for sharing. Here's a look at my copy of the first Lone Ranger. April 1934 How many issues of Lone Ranger were published? I have some of the Fran Striker novels but haven't seen the pulps. I like it.

Was the text story created to describe the cover or the reverse?

It is a great article and a very good issue. I always enjoy seeing a new issue of A-E.

Nice bunch Bill. I do like those All Stars.

That is a wonderful story. Glad to hear that some of Schomburg's art survived. He was equally comfortable under the sea as he was on one of the moons of Jupiter.

In some cases, Stan may have provided a text story which was used as a guideline for the artist. For example, the text from MM 21.

BB, you have the best pulp covers !! Thanks but my collection isn't much compared to collections owned by BZ, JB Comic Box or Red Fury.

In this case, the cover appeared on issue 21 and the story was in 22. Maybe Burgos had shown him a figure but more likely it was created by Alex and Burgos copied his drawing.

One of Schomburg's covers for Gernsback is in the photo with a later cover for Nedor. He published an additional cover in 1925 but I don't have a copy. The cover shown in CBM Golden Age edition is from 1926, I think. Sometimes the covers of Harvey comics and Timely were associated with a text story. Perhaps the editor submitted some of these to Alex ahead of publishing time as a request.

I don't have any of these either but I like the covers, expecially 53. You don't see a lot of those toy train western covers. Two of these sold recently on ebay. I think I will go to the kitchen an have a bowl of Shredded Wheat to celebrate the completion of your list.

Thanks to all for posting their Platinum treasures. There is another thread with Platinum comics here. Some great comic books there! Just a few noteworthy comics: Brainy Bowers and Drowsy Duggan Buster Brown and His Resolutions - first nationally distributed comic book Comic Monthly - first regularly published newsstand comic book Famous Funnies Funnies on Parade - a scarce "Golden Eagle Toy World" variant shown below Pore Li'l Mose - first African American hero in comics, and one of the most beautiful color comics ever printed War in the Midst of America - British fold out comic book produced during the American Civil War(!) The internet has given us a better picture of the true surviving numbers of many Platinum and Victorian comics. Some are more common than suspected - many of these comics were widely distributed originally. But many are proving rarer than thought. Currently some real deals to be had among the Platinum era comics - if you can find them (thumbs u ... I think "Mutt and Jeff" should be mentioned since it was the first sequential comic series.

It isn't a Sunday page but it reads like one. I remember chuckling about this Scrooge page back in 1958. Music playing in the malt shop was: ◾Sixteen Candles, Crests ◾Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Platters ◾Bird Dog, Everly Brothers ◾Splish Splash, Bobby Darin ◾I Wonder Why, Dion & the Belmonts ◾Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay, Danny & the Juniors ◾Whole Lotta Loving, Fats Domino ◾(Night Time Is) The Right Time, Ray Charles ◾Come On Let's Go, Ritchie Valens ◾Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree, Brenda Lee ◾Run Rudolph Run, Chuck Berry ◾Donna, Ritchie Valens ◾Little Star, Elegants ◾High School Confidential, Jerry Lee Lewis ◾It's All In The Game, Tommy Edwards ◾Twilight Time, Platters ◾Ten Commandments Of Love, Moonglows ◾It's So Easy, Crickets

Do you mean this one. Ducks on the back I think.

I need a lot of Batman, Detection, Action and Superman covers. Anyone?

-I like those Guardineer covers and some have interiors with Frazetta art.

The missing Straight Arrow 22 with a couple of other issues. Fury got equal billing and Blaze took over the Straight Arrow covers.

She gets extra points for the cool hat which is better than Johnnie Depp in the Lone Ranger. and the story is by Wally West, another Gardner Fox buddy or the editors friend that was honored as Kid Flash.

Don't know if Burnley ever got a lifetime achievement award for his work with DC but since he added a touch of class to Superman, Batman (Sunday funnies) and Starman. Here is one I found on line..

I might have loaded this up before but trying to edit out files on my camera.

I liked Gasoline Alley This was Wally's favorite. He had a ton of these Tracy Sunday pages. .

Dang man!!!!! the #34 has one of the cooler splash pages ever done as well!! I believe the cover is by Bob Fugitani......He did a recreation for me....jb this is VERY VERY VERY VERY cool thanks for sharing!!! so much depth added to it even more than the original IMHO...almost looks 3D (thumbs u Funny you should say that. When I asked if he would do the recreation he asked if I "minded" if he could "improve" upon the cover since he had learned a "trick or two" over the years. My response......"Did I mind....?!", You too see the product he "improved" upon..... The best thing about Fuje's recreation is it's a new drawing of the same subject matter. No light boxing for him. Look at it and draw. What a talent. bb

One of my favorite stories but part of the silver age by definition. I always wondered if his costume was like a onesie and had snaps down by the legs and britches. I guess I've never read that before. Wouldn't it just be easier to wear the costume under your clothes? How did he fold it back up and put it back in the ring once the molecules had expanded? You can be sure he put the costume on and took it off very quickly. He probably folded it quickly like origami and stuffed it into the ring. You can do a lot of things if the laws of physics don't apply.